Description
A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side denial of service.
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Remediation
Vendor Workaround
Do not connect to untrusted SFTP servers.
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History
Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:00 +0000
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| Description | A flaw was found in libssh. A malicious SFTP server can send responses for unknown request IDs that libssh clients keep queued indefinitely, causing unbounded memory growth and client-side denial of service. | |
| Title | Libssh: libssh: denial of service via sftp responses with unknown request ids | |
| First Time appeared |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird |
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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| Vendors & Products |
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hummingbird |
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| Metrics |
cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-21T13:21:50.027Z
Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:40:24.561Z
Link: CVE-2026-59848
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